Humans have way more than five senses. Beyond the basic five we are taught in school, humans can also sense balance, body position, temperature, pain, and internal signals like hunger. That being said ...

A gene variant called APOE4 is the biggest genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease. Scientists are finally figuring out ...

A gene that is switched on in human brain cells has turned out to be a jumping gene that never fully gave up jumping. The gene, BC200, descends from a mobile piece of DNA, and researchers led by ...

A landmark Nature study of up to 1.14 million people identified 1,260 genetic variants, including 824 newly discovered spots, ...

New research, led by Penn State scientists, has identified a new role for a complex of proteins — CCR4-NOT — as a suppressor ...

Baylor Genetics, a leading diagnostic genomics partner offering a full spectrum of comprehensive genetic tests and diagnostic ...

What causes bipolar disorder? Part 1 of a 5-part series explores how genes and epigenetics drive bipolarity, and what this ...

Columbia University researchers described how APOE ε4 may weaken the blood-brain barrier through excess fibronectin around ...

A Nature Genetics study shows that the histone mark H2Aub laid down by PRC1 guides the reestablishment of Polycomb repression ...

National Heart Centre Singapore's new research centre integrates Novoheart's proprietary Heart-in-a-Jar technology with ...

From domesticated foxes to tuskless elephants, humans have directly and indirectly influenced the evolution of a wide range ...

University of Kansas researchers reviewed ancient DNA and 23,000-year-old White Sands footprints to trace early human ...